This lizard from
det eastern part of Caukasus and around the Caspian sea is closely related
to the green lizards (Lacerta viridis and bilineata). It can be found
in various habitats from dry grassplains to moist valleys up to 3000 m
above sea leavel. They prefer areas with many hiding places like bushes,
rockfences or logs. The adult animals gets more and more uniform green
especially the males. Younger animals and also some older females have
stripes and black dots on the back.

Lacerta
strigata young female

Many animals
of this lizard has been imported into the hobby to Europe and USA and
even to such a small amount of money, that they are used as feeding
lizards. Their distibution isn`t that large and some populations could
face exstinction. Our animals from Grozny once collected bye Russian
herpetologists are from the absolut northern part and is now nearly
or totally exstinct.

They are very easy
animals to keep and not as shy as most Lacertieds. even in our outdoor
terraria, they are fairly calm, when we approach the terrarium. They
are fed primarely with large insects like zoophobas and cockroaches,
but really likes worms and spiders. Lacerta strigata are mature in their
second year outdoors and are easely bred